§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that the Local Government Board have charged the Baltinglass Rural District (No. 2) Council over £5 law costs for a Provisional Order for thirteen labourers' cottages; and, whether, seeing that the order forms are the same for every rural district in Ireland, he will advise the Local Government Board to remit to the Baltinglass Council a portion of the charge.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe sum of £5 represents the taxed costs paid by the Board to its solicitors in connection with the preparation of the Provisional Order, and under Section 7 of the Labourers' Act of 1883 this item must be recouped to the Board by the District Council. There is no power, therefore, to remit any portion of the charge.
§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the forms are stereotyped, and only the name has to be put in?
§ MR. WYNDHAMIf any suggestions are made to me to cheapen the cost of putting the Act into operation, I will gladly consider them.